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Savio's death was originally deemed an accident, but after the Stacy Peterson case sparked new questions, Savio's body was exhumed. A grand jury indicted Peterson this month on a charge of first-degree murder in her death.

"So much of these 'new facts' have come to light in the last six months," Brodsky remarked. "People just seem to be having an amazing memory."

Members of Savio's family said they were not aware of the hitman allegations but were unsurprised by the news.

"After she first died, we were all convinced she was murdered," sister Susan Doman said. "I can't believe this day has come. ... It's a very bittersweet victory."

Doman said that she knew Savio had a $1 million life insurance policy and that she had removed Peterson as beneficiary before her death.

"I knew he was the beneficiary at one point," she said. "I don't know if he knew she had changed it."